This holiday season our home became Animal Planet. I wanted to tell you sooner, but had to keep everything under wraps. We were hiding Christmas surprises for families we love. We kept an adorable American Eskimo pup for the four days before Christmas. That’s when...

Do you ever take yourself and your work too seriously? I’m guilty of this. When I’m under stress, I become a task-oriented monster. Get it done. Get it done. Get it done. Then super frustrated if it doesn’t get done. Just last week I had a day where I worked 10 hours...

I recognized the cookie long before I recognized the prophet. “I felt like the Lord told me to give this to you,” Suzanne said, handing me a cookie. I stared at the one eyed creature. “When I saw this I felt like God was saying, ‘You have doMINION over the...

For the last several months, I’ve noticed something bothering my dog’s mouth. Hershey has been licking more and rubbing his face into the ground. I decided to take him to the veterinarian. He assured me all was well with my dog. But the behavior continued....

Each January I suggest that, we need to learn to retire a few words from our vocabulary. Why? New words are being introduced into our language all the time. Five years ago we didn’t have man caves, gastropubs, or mash-ups. Well, we did—we just didn’t know what to call...

“Perrier with sprig of parsley, please.” Ah yes, people think the life of an author is all glitz and glamor. They have no idea. The private jets. The Bentleys. The New York photo shoots. The summer house in France. Oh wait, that’s someone else’s life....